Drip-cup for umbrellas.



P. E. DAVIS.

DRIP GUP FOR UMBRELLAS,

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27.4912.

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DRIP-CUP FOR UMBRELLAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July9, 1912.

Application filed April 27, 1912. Serial No. sesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL E. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Drip-Cup for Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cup which is adapted to be slipped over the protruding end of an umbrella stick, so as to catch the drippings.

By the use of my invention, a rain soaked umbrella may be carried into a room and stood upon "the floor or carpet without wetting the same, so that the hasty removal of the umbrella to a water receiving pan or similar device is obviated.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a drip cup embodying my invention showing it charged; Fig. 2 a side view of the cup showing it reversed and empty, and Fig. 3 a plan of the cup.

The body 10 of the drip cup is composed of thin sheet rubber so as to be readily collapsible. The flexible bottom 11 of the cup may be reinforced and is provided with a central aperture 12 for the accommodation of the umbrella stick 13. At the top of the cup there is provided a dished head 14, which is also apertured centrally as at 15 for the accommodation of said stick. Head 14 is surrounded by a flange or gallery 16 which forms a receiving basin 17 above the cup. This basin communicates with the interior of the cu by means of a flexible tube 18 depending rom the head into the cup and opening into the basin through an aperture of the head. At its bottom,'tube 18 is provided with a weighted rim 19," which tends to bend and close thetube whenever the umbrella is reversed or tilted, so as to cut off the escape of the Ientrapped water from the cup. To the flexible bottom 11, there is secured a tab 20, which on being pulled, opens aperture 12 to an extent sufficient for permitting the escape of the water around stick 13. In use, the device constructed as described is slipped over the umbrella stick, so as to be located directly above. the umbrella body when the latter is opened and in use. In this position the cup is collapsed and will not detract from the appearance of the umbrella or interfere with its function. When the umbrella is closed and reversed, the drip water will flow from the umbrella through basin 17 and tube 18 into cup 10 within which it is entrapped until released by a pull on tab 20. Should the umbrella bereversed and again used before cup 10 1s emptied, tube 18 by kinking through the action of weight 19 will close head 14 to prevent spilling.

1. An umbrella drip cup provided with an apertured head adapted to accommodate an umbrella stick, a gallery surrounding said head, a flexible tube depending from the head into the cup, and a weight carried by the' free end of said tube.

2. An umbrella drip cup provided with an apertured head and an apertured flexible bottom adapted to accommodate an umbrella stick, a gallery surroundlng the head, a drain hole in the head, and a tab on the bottom whereby the cup-bottom may be distended to enlarge the bottom aperture. PAUL E. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

CLEM. P. JoHNsoN, ANTOINETTE FAsANo. 

